State Parks

Memorial Day traditionally marks the unofficial start of summer. Lake County residents will soon be heading for lakes and beaches. Before you go, make sure you check to see if your favorite beach is open for swimming. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, daily information is available about local Lake Michigan and inland lake swim bans through the Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center's website by visiting: http://health.lakecountyil.gov/Population/LMU/Pages/Beach-Advisory.aspx. The Health Department is also sending information about Lake Michigan swim bans to the Great Lakes Commission, which has created a free phone application called myBeachCast available at...

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William Penn Foundation Grant awardedThe Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor and Delaware Canal 21 recently received a $225,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation to conduct a Delaware Canal Vision Study in partnership with DC 21...

Local organizations receive William Penn Foundation Grant
The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor and Delaware Canal 21 recently received a $225,000 grant from the William Penn Foundation to conduct a Delaware Canal Vision Study in...

A man was found dead Tuesday afternoon in Jacobsburg state park in Bushkill Township after police and firefighters searched nearly four hours for him, according to police radio reports.
Jay Broderick, 47, of Kunkletown was recovered at the scene,...

A 59-year-old man was injured Sunday afternoon when he fell nearly 50 feet while climbing the cliffs at Ralph Stover State Park in Bucks County, a fire official said.
The man was conscious and alert after the accident at the park in Tinicum Township, but...

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The Dutch. The Kiwis. The Germans. The Canadians. The Trinis. The Brits.
Top international cyclists have already committed to racing in Trexlertown this summer for the 40th anniversary season at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center.
And they've committed...

A Berks County man was killed Tuesday morning when his vehicle went off a road at a curve and crashed into two trees, police said.
Donald P. Hannum, 47, of Birdsboro was driving south on Route 345, north of Hopewell Road, in French Creek State Park in...

HARRISBURG — Fulfilling a campaign pledge, Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday signed an order Thursday banning new drilling leases on public land, ending a short-lived effort by his Republican predecessor to expand the extraction of natural gas from rock buried...

HARRISBURG —Gov. Tom Wolf plans to sign an executive order ending a short-lived effort by his predecessor to expand the extraction of natural gas from rock buried deep below Pennsylvania's state parks and forests, his office said Wednesday.
Following...

Young anglers will have more pre-season trout fishing opportunities.
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The country's national bird, the bald eagle, has seen a resurgence since it was nearly eradicated in the 1960s. The national population has grown from fewer than 500 in 1963 to nearly 10,000. And in 2007 the bird was removed from the Endangered Species...

Times were certainly different then.
When Bruce Moyer was a kid in the late '40s and early '50s, a good snowstorm meant North Ninth Street in Allentown would be blocked off to traffic, making it the ultimate course for sledding.
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WINTER FAMILY STOMP
1 Take a family hike 1-3 p.m. Saturday at the Delaware Canal State Park's Giving Pond Recreational Area and learn about winter's impact on wildlife.
Join park educator and Appalachian Mountain Club leader Ian Kindle for a fun...

On a list of evildoers, the woolly adelgid doesn't have quite the same ring to it as, say, Count Dracula or the Green Goblin.
But make no mistake, to Pennsylvania's endangered state tree, the eastern hemlock, the woolly adelgid might as well be named...

What seemed like a long winter in 2014 has suddenly morphed into the outdoors homestretch.
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COLUMBIA COUNTY — Fresh air and blue skies are easy tonics for the stressed-out city life. Still, I was in a pretty foul mood when I rolled into Ricketts Glen State Park in this scenic, woodsy corner of northeastern Pennsylvania.
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